Yankee Fans-- Admit it we're completely Spoiled
Yankee fans have had the remarkable experience over a long period to have team management that Constantly added talent. The talents have sometimes disappointed, but they were usually young athletes with jaw-dropping potential.
Home Grown Talent
The last few decades brought Derek Jeter, Alfonso Soriano, Robbie Cano, Don Mattingly, Thurman Munson, Bernie Williams, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte and a few dozen other homegrown, big-time talents.
The latest edition offers Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Luis Severino, Greg Bird and promises to add Clint Frazier and Gleyber Torres. This group already has three all-stars and the rest seem on the same path.
Next Season- Building More
Next year we can look forward to some delightful images:
Sanchez, Bird and Judge authoring season of 100 homers, 300 runs, and 320 rbi;
Starting Pitching -Severino, Montgomery, and Gray winning 45 games
Bullpen dominance - Chapman, Green, Kahne, and Robertson.
The Yanks will have to rebuild their rotation after letting CC go, Tanaka opt out, and refusing to pay the ransom asked for a top of the line free agent. The Yanks will have to trust the farm system and hope that they can get some meaningful innings from Justus Sheffield, Dillon Tate, Guzman, and Chance Adams. The Yanks have shown they can wheel and deal on the minor league level to find some gems.
If You Could Trade these Guys
They have assets they would like to trade- Aaron Hicks, Jacoby Ellsbury, and Chase Headley would be great chips along with Dellin Betances. The Yankees made a big mistake in letting their executives go at Betances during the arbitration; they lost him- and now need to trade the best reliever in the game.
The Yankees don’t make blunders often, but when they do they can be big-time at messing things up too.
